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So I’ve been a long time Synology user. I think their machines are great.
I have had three models over the years, the latest one is a DS415+
But considering I’m a curious person and the fact that I have some
hardware from a previous PC build doing nothing, I decided to build
my own NAS.
3.
2. 1. I’m a fairly advanced user. And I’m not a SysAdmin, but I’ve had
my fair share of developing scripts and I’m very familiar with the
Linux console
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When you start to heavily use a machine like this, you go beyond
just serving �les, and your need for both storage and processing
capacity can grow overnight. Scaling on a premade NAS box can
become really expensive, specially if you are interested on x86-
type CPUs
I have been toying with this DIY NAS idea for a long time, but there was
always something that held me back. Over that time, I have had the
opportunity to look at di�erent options (I’m only considering open-
source options):
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There are a few “lies” in that part list. The smaller SSD is from another
brand that I could not �nd on PCPartpicker or Amazon, so I replaced
with some Kingston drive. For the bigger SSD, in reality I have a
Samsung CM871a that I also could not �nd anywhere. The 8TB drives
are not really WD Red, but WD “white label”; those are disks “shucked”
from WD EasyStore drives. More info here.
I basically already had all the parts, except for the ones explicitly
speci�ed. For a home NAS server, this might be a little overkill, but I
think I have some other ideas down the line to take advantage of the
hardware. But anyway, my general design considerations are:
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To install Plex:
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Starting build
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List of �lesystems and their corresponding type across all disks. MergerFS on datapool01
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My �le shares
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Some performance graph. SnapRAID Sync was executing, photos were being indexed by Plex the
night before
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I installed Muximux on a Docker container, which gives me access to all those apps from a
single point
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Finished product
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Cheers!
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